耶和华给巴录的许诺
约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬第四年,尼利亚的儿子巴录把耶利米先知口中所说的话写在书上;耶利米对巴录说:
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
2“巴录啊,耶和华-以色列的神说:Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:
3你曾说:‘哀哉!耶和华使我愁上加愁,我因呻吟而困乏,不得安歇。’Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
4你要这样告诉他,耶和华如此说:看哪,我所建立的,我必拆毁;我所栽植的,我必拔出;在全地我都如此行。Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
5你为自己图谋大事吗?不要图谋!看哪,我必使灾祸临到凡有血肉之躯的。但你无论往哪里去,我要保全你的性命。这是耶和华说的。”And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.